Real Estate

Momo Productions | Digitalvision | Getty Images If the value of your home ballooned during the pandemic, you may receive an inflated property tax assessment in the mail. There are ways, however, to combat a higher bill, experts say. Despite double-digit growth in single-family home prices, property taxes only increased by 1.8% in 2021, with

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (C) gives two thumbs up as Donald Trump Jr. (L) and Ivanka Trump (R) stand and cheer for Eric Trump as he delivers his speech during the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Joe Raedle | Getty

Real estate agents Rosa Arrigo, center, and Elisa Rosen, right, work an open house in West Hempstead, New York. Newsday LLC | Newsday | Getty Images Mortgage rates are back on the upswing, after a brief decline in May, and the housing market is still suffering from a lack of listings. As a result, mortgage

“Yellowstone” has become one of the hottest shows streaming. Filmed on location in the West, much of it in Montana, the scripted drama tells the story of a modern day ranch owner John Dutton, played by Kevin Costner, and his family dynasty. The storyline is deliciously captivating, with back-stabbing and family intrigue, high stakes power

Lifestylevisuals | E+ | Getty Images When interest rates rise, it’s common for some homebuyers to explore whether an adjustable rate mortgage would make sense for them. With an ARM, as it’s called, the appeal is its lower initial interest rate compared with a traditional 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. Yet down the road, that rate can

Houses in Hercules, California, US, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Homebuyers are facing a worsening affordability situation with mortgage rates hovering around the highest levels in more than a decade. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Homeowners are in the money, and it just keeps coming. Two years of rapidly rising home prices

A single family home is shown for sale in Encinitas, California. Mike Blake | Reuters Mortgage demand slipped to the lowest level since December 2018, even after rates declined slightly last week. Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home fell 1% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s

A sold sign sits outside a home.  Adam Jeffery | CNBC Rising mortgage rates did not slow down rising home prices in March. Nationally, home prices were 20.6% higher than they were in March 2021, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index. That is higher than the 20% gain in February. The index

William_potter | Istock | Getty Images With the stock market getting volatile but the housing market still hot, reverse mortgages have become a more attractive tool for older Americans who need cash for retirement but want to stay in their homes. Home Equity Conversion Mortgage loan volume was up 26% in March, according to data

Supply constraints are driving up property prices and rents in Singapore, the chief executive officer of a real estate company said Friday. “You can see a massive gap opening up between demand and supply,” said Hari Krishnan of PropertyGuru. Singapore introduced measures to cool the property market in December 2021, but analysts told CNBC in

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Americans are dealing with a period of rapidly rising interest rates for the first time in years. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released the minutes from its latest meeting, showing that the central bank plans to deliver more 50 basis

Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a press conference announcing a class action lawsuit against big tech companies at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 07, 2021 in Bedminster, New Jersey. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images A judge on Friday dismissed a federal lawsuit by former President Donald Trump that

Former President Donald Trump Carlos Barria | Reuters An appeals court on Thursday unanimously rejected a bid by former President Donald Trump and two of his adult children to avoid being compelled to answer questions under oath by investigators for New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of her civil investigation of Trump Organization

MoMo Productions | Taxi | Getty Images In the last decade, a surge in home prices has built considerable wealth for the middle class. Total housing wealth grew by $8.2 trillion between 2010 and 2020, according to a March report from the National Association of Realtors. The coronavirus pandemic’s housing boom added even more value

A For Sale sign is displayed in front of a house in Washington, DC. Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Sharply higher mortgage rates have caused a sudden pull-back in home sales, and now sellers are rushing to get in before the red-hot market cools off dramatically. The supply of homes for sale jumped

A for sale sign is posted in front of a home that is listed for over $1 million on April 29, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Mortgage rates turned lower for the second straight week, but it wasn’t enough to boost demand for either new purchase loans or refinances, according

In this article JPM WFC High home prices aren’t the only reason behind dwindling homeownership in the U.S. Banks and financial institutions aren’t issuing enough small-dollar mortgages that help families with modest incomes to purchase a property. “It is particularly hard for people who are buying smaller houses with smaller mortgages to find a lender

Ozgurcankaya | E+ | Getty Images Before you book a rental property for a summer getaway, you may want to double check that you’re not getting scammed. This week, New York State Attorney General Letitia James issued a warning for consumers seeking rental properties. “Summer plans can quickly melt if consumers aren’t careful when they

Sales of newly built homes dropped 16.6% in April from March, far more than expected, and were down 26.9% from April 2021, according to the U.S. Census. The annualized rate came in at 591,000 units, seasonally adjusted. Analysts had been expecting 750,000. March’s read was also revised lower. That is the slowest sales pace since

Real estate and related industries account for more than a quarter of China’s economy, according to Moody’s estimates. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese real estate defaults have increased so much that Goldman Sachs analysts have shifted to their worst-case scenario for the riskiest part of the market. Twenty-two China high-yield